#FridayFindings: Cool stuff from the worlds of running and golf!

Posted In: Fitness July 24th, 2015 divider No Comments »

I’ve been surprised but I caught a bit of Pan Am Games fever. It also helps when Canadian athletes are killing it as well.

Local superstar (and former University of Windsor Lancer) Melissa Bishop got a gold in the 800m race on home soil. Pretty cool ending and check out her form on the CBC video. She looks so relaxed but it’s not easy running a sub-2-minute 800m!

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Call me a hippie but there’s now some science behind being grateful. Check out this new article looking at it in Happify.

Who wants to send me another glowing testimonial to say thanks? :)

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And last but not least, check out the pic on top. It shows you the impact of good and bad sleep, especially on performance. So why team are you on?

Here is a cool study from Stanford University about the impact of sleep on performance for college basketball players. It’s a real phenomenon folks!